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Pittsburgh airport hosts hundreds for Community Food Bank distribution

Nate Smallwood
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People arrive prior to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22.
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Boxes of food are loaded into cars at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22.
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People arrive prior to one of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution sites at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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Boxes of food are loaded into cars at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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People arrive prior to one of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution sites at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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Volunteer Jay Bedortha helps load boxes of food into cars at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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Charles McKinney, network development director at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, helps organize an emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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Boxes of food are loaded into cars at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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People arrive prior to one of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s emergency drive-up food distribution sites at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.
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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald helps other Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank volunteers with an emergency drive-up food distribution at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank distributed packages to hundreds of people in cars Wednesday during a drive-up giveaway at Pittsburgh International Airport.

Officials said they served 812 vehicles from 1 to 3 p.m. in the airport parking lots. More than 40,000 pounds of food was distributed. Each care received two, 25-pound boxes of food.

The food bank said it was prepared to serve 1,500 vehicles with two boxes of food apiece.

“The Food Bank is grateful for the usage of Pittsburgh International Airport property and the Airport’s participation in Wednesday’s distribution,” spokeswoman Melissa Murray said in a statement.

Here are some photos from Wednesday’s giveaway.

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Charles McKinney, network development director at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, helps organize an emergency drive-up food distribution site at Pittsburgh International Airport on April 22, 2020.

Nate Smallwood is a Tribune-Review photographer. You can contact Nate via Twitter .

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